The following enhancements were made to the History Database platform. With each update, we strive to improve the overall user experience and introduce new features based on customer requests and online media best practices. To suggest an enhancement or for more detailed information about any of these changes, please contact us.

New Feature! Interactive Image Viewer.(January 18, 2018)

An interactive image viewer was added to our image detail pages. The Image viewer enables you to explore the details of images in our database.

Canvas users can now embed content from History Databases directly into their courses. The LTI app provides a rich integration between History Databases and Canvas courses. Users of Canvas can embed Science Online resources directly inside their courses, without having to leave the LMS. This plugin is LTI based and integrates directly into the standard Canvas HTML editor.

Customers using the Schoology learning management system can embed content from History Databases directly into their courses without having to leave the LMS. The new LTI app provides a rich integration between History Databases and Schoology courses by being accessible through the standard Schoology HTML editor and the Add Materials menu within a course.

If you are a World Religions subscriber , you will be able to search those records too through the cross search.

New Controversies in History Content Feed(September 13, 2016)

Editorially selected articles from Issues and Controversies in American History have been include in each History database (except Ancient and Medieval History). These curated pro/con articles can now be seen on the home page of each History database, just below the Topic Center lists. This new home page section is called Controversies in History. These articles are also searchable.

Save to Google Drive (August 31, 2016)

You can now download Infobase Database Platform records to your Google Drive account.

To learn more about how to download a record to to Google Drive, click here to read a detailed help article.

Citation Updates(August 18, 2016)

The MLA citations have been updated to the new MLA8 format. In addition, a new Harvard citation option is now available. Users can view these, along with Chicago Manual of Style format, for any record with a citation. They can also set their default citation format in their user preferences.

Google Sign In (July 29, 2016)

Google Sign In can now be turned on to allow users to access the Infobase Databases platforms with their Google credentials. If you are a GAFE school, this provides an easy way for students and faculty to link their Google accounts with their Infobase Databases platform accounts. This feature must be turned on by your account administrator before it is available for users.

To learn more about how this new feature works, click here to read a detailed help article.

Google Classroom Link Tool Now Available (June 17, 2016)

For Google Classroom users, a new option has been added to the "Share" tools. This will allow users with a Google Classroom account to share an authenticated link directly into their account.

For more information about this new feature, you can read our help article.

Images Added to Reuters News Articles (May 13, 2016)

Reuters articles that include an image now display that image at the top of the article, adding a lot of visual appeal to this content. While most of the Reuters articles contain images, some do not.

New Embed Codes (February 24, 2016)

With our new embed code options, users can now easily embed articles, videos, and images into any Learning Management System or website using the "Share" option in the page tools.

For more information about this new feature, you can read our help article.